diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index aebd161b..f73f4dc7 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ v0.8
 - Add the CLI command to update Skops files to the latest Skops persistence format.
   (:func:`.cli._update.main`). :pr:`333` by :user:`Edoardo Abati <EdAbati>`
 
+
 v0.7
 ----
 - Add ability to copy plots on :meth:`.Card.save` so that they can be
diff --git a/skops/__init__.py b/skops/__init__.py
index 7c2f8bd3..cd1a08a7 100644
--- a/skops/__init__.py
+++ b/skops/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = "0.7.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.8.dev0"
 
 try:
     # This variable is injected in the __builtins__ by the build